KARACHI: Major cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad thrust into a gloom after a major power breakdown plunged 80% areas of the country into darkness.
According to spokesperson of ministry of water and power 3 grid stations of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) tripped and the disruption in electricity supply occurred due to a technical problem in
By ONLINE
January 25, 2015
KARACHI: Major cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad thrust into a gloom after a major power breakdown plunged 80% areas of the country into darkness.
According to spokesperson of ministry of water and power 3 grid stations of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) tripped and the disruption in electricity supply occurred due to a technical problem in the national grid.
K-Electric, which supplies 650 mega watts of power to Karachi, explained that a tripping of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) line had a cascading effect and de-synced their supply. Due to the power outage, the Dhabeji pumping station stopped functioning and supply of water to Karachi was interrupted.
Police said that the power breakdown was caused by a terrorist attack at a main transmission line in Nasir Abad area of Balochistan.
Taking notice of the situation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the authorities concerned to restore electricity immediately.
Earlier, sources told Geo News that the tripping of Guddu power plant's transmission lines affected the 500KW power line from the national grid, forcing Jamshoro and Bin Qasim power stations to shut down.
Ministry of water and power has said that it would take another four to five hours before electricity is completely restored. Spokesperson of the ministry also said that work has begun to rectify the technical fault in the three tripped grid stations of NDTC.
